Competitive Grants

Competitive Grants

Eligibility

1.  You MUST be a currently registered MassCUE member to throughout the grant application and reviewing process. This means you must be a current member until February 1, 2018.

2.  If there are multiple people involved in the grant's implementation, a primary/lead grantee applicant must be named on the grant application and he/she must be a current MassCUE member in good standing. If not, please follow the directions to join here.

3.  Preference in the grant review process will be given to educators from school systems who have never been awarded a MassCUE grant.

4.  Grants will not be awarded to more than one grant applicant from the same school.

5.  A MassCUE member may be funded for only one grant every three years.

Request for Proposals: Based on a competitive review and rubric-based scoring process, MassCUE will fund grant applications up to $3,000 dollars for innovative proposals that support the vision, mission, and goals of MassCUE.

Grant activities will strongly support and include:

1.  Technology-based, student-centered collaborative projects or lessons

2.  Standards-based learning (ISTE NETS Technology Standards, Common Core, NGSS, etc.)

3.  Exploration of innovative learning methodologies such as blended and personalized learning models

4.  Enhanced student achievement

5.  Development of instructional technology competency

6.  Letter of administrative support

7.  Confirmation of required public dissemination by way of blog article submission with photo(s) to MassCUE’s online blog, OnCUE. Selection of optional dissemination methods to include one or more of the following: the MassCUE Fall Conference at Gillette Stadium, the spring conference at Holy Cross, or any other MassCUE conference events during the following year.

Grant Application Form includes:

●  Online Application Form

●  Attachments

•  Expandable Form for the Proposal (no more than two typed pages)

•  Must be in .pdf format

•  Lead applicant’s first initial and last name must be included in the beginning of the filename (jbaudreau).

•  Proposal must include a letter of administrative support in PDF format.

Grant Timetable and Obligations:

CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR / FOLLOWING SCHOOL YEAR
October 25
December 1 / Completed Grant Application to MassCUE / No later than December 1 / All grant project/lesson activity completed
February 1 / Grant Awards announced on the MassCUE website / No later than January 1 / Grant blog submission is written and submitted to the MassCUE website. All public dissemination activities completed.
May 1 / All grant reimbursements requested and funded. (Email Reimbursement form and scanned receipts to:
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